OCO

House Appropriations Committee floats $700B defense budget in rebuke to Trump

The House Appropriations Committee bill moves tens of billions of dollars into the base budget, possibility setting up a sequestration showdown.

Defense

AP/Andrew Harnik

Federal retirement cuts absent from House budget proposal

Budget

AP/Cliff Owen

House Armed Services chairman says Democrats open to fairly big defense budget

Budget

Troops stand to get 3.1 percent increase in Trump budget proposal

Federal Newscast

Using OCO funds to bypass budget caps ‘departure from historical norms,’ CBO says

Budget

In this photo taken March 27, 2008, the Pentagon is seen in this aerial view. Reports of sexual assaults in the military increased slightly last year, U.S. defense officials said Monday, May 1, 2017, and more than half the victims reported negative reactions or retaliation for their complaints. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Why Congress should stop using OCO to get around the Budget Control Act

Federal Drive

Laicie Heeley: Congress shouldn’t rely on OCO funds in Defense budgeting

Federal Drive

DoD seeks guidance from new administration on overseas contingency fund

Federal Drive

John Pendleton: What does White House want in DoD’s OCO budget?

Federal Drive

Citing ‘weakened’ military, McCain details $430 billion plan to boost Defense budget

Defense

New administration, same budget cap challenges, defense expert warns

Budget

On DoD: time to end ‘abuse’ of Pentagon’s wartime fund

A new report from a Washington-based think tank points to an ever-widening disconnect between the size of the Defense Department’s Overseas Contingency…

On DoD Podcasts

Kaine considering McCain’s bump in defense spending

A senator representing one of the largest concentrations of federal workers says he’ll see what happens when Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) amendment hits…

Congress

Budget deal puts NDAA back on track

Defense

Congress will rework the Defense authorization act to conform to budget deal parameters if it cannot garner enough votes to override the President’s veto.